Eric Dempsey: Ireland Year List 2022 IRBC, All records: Target Species Record(s) 1 to 261 of 261 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Seen By Other Listers Other Listers (%) 1 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis Yes 0 0 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 7 21 3 Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii Yes 13 40 4 Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis Yes 0 0 5 Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus Yes 0 0 6 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 4 12 7 Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa Yes 0 0 8 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors 7 21 9 American Wigeon Mareca americana 4 12 10 Black Duck Anas rubripes Yes 3 9 11 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 0 0 12 Redhead Aythya americana Yes 0 0 13 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca 9 28 14 King Eider Somateria spectabilis Yes 0 0 15 Stejneger's Scoter Melanitta stejnegeri Yes 0 0 16 Black Scoter Melanitta americana Yes 0 0 17 Bufflehead Bucephala albeola Yes 0 0 18 Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica Yes 0 0 19 Smew Mergellus albellus 7 21 20 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 2 6 21 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 7 21 22 Quail Coturnix coturnix 2 6 23 Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor Yes 0 0 24 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 0 0 25 White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus Yes 0 0 26 Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica Yes 0 0 27 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba Yes 0 0 28 Pallid Swift Apus pallidus Yes 0 0 29 Little Swift Apus affinis Yes 0 0 30 Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius Yes 0 0 31 Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus Yes 0 0 32 Pallas's Sandgrouse Syrrhaptes paradoxus Yes 0 0 33 Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura Yes 0 0 34 Corncrake Crex crex 5 15 35 Sora Rail Porzana carolina Yes 0 0 36 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 0 0 37 American Coot Fulica americana Yes 8 25 38 American Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica Yes 0 0 39 Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla Yes 0 0 40 Crane Grus grus Yes 0 0 41 Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps Yes 0 0 42 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus Yes 0 0 43 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus Yes 0 0 44 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 6 18 45 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 8 25 46 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 1 3 47 Killdeer Charadrius vociferus Yes 0 0 48 Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus Yes 4 12 49 Sociable Plover Vanellus gregarius Yes 0 0 50 Siberian Sand Plover Anarhynchus mongolus Yes 0 0 51 Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus Yes 0 0 52 Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda Yes 0 0 53 Hudsonian Whimbrel Numenius hudsonicus Yes 0 0 54 Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica Yes 0 0 55 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus 0 0 56 Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus Yes 0 0 57 Great Snipe Gallinago media Yes 0 0 58 Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata Yes 0 0 59 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor 0 0 60 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 1 3 61 Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus Yes 0 0 62 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 5 15 63 Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria Yes 0 0 64 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis Yes 0 0 65 Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris Yes 0 0 66 Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus Yes 0 0 67 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata Yes 3 9 68 Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus Yes 0 0 69 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii Yes 5 15 70 Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta Yes 0 0 71 Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis Yes 0 0 72 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii 1 3 73 Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla Yes 0 0 74 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 3 9 75 Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri Yes 0 0 76 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Yes 5 15 77 Cream-coloured Courser Cursorius cursor Yes 0 0 78 Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni Yes 0 0 79 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola Yes 0 0 80 Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus Yes 0 0 81 Least Tern Sternula antillarum Yes 6 18 82 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Yes 0 0 83 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida Yes 0 0 84 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 12 37 85 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 0 0 86 Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri Yes 8 25 87 Cabot's Tern Thalasseus acuflavidus Yes 0 0 88 Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans Yes 12 37 89 Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis Yes 0 0 90 Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus Yes 0 0 91 Ross's Gull Rhodostethia rosea Yes 8 25 92 Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea Yes 0 0 93 Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla Yes 0 0 94 Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan Yes 0 0 95 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans Yes 0 0 96 Vega Gull Larus vegae Yes 0 0 97 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 18 56 98 American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus Yes 0 0 99 Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens Yes 0 0 100 Slaty-backed Gull Larus schistisagus Yes 0 0 101 Little Auk Alle alle 5 15 102 Brünnich's Guillemot Uria lomvia Yes 0 0 103 Pacific Diver Gavia pacifica Yes 1 3 104 White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii Yes 0 0 105 Swinhoe's Petrel Hydrobates monorhis Yes 0 0 106 Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous 8 25 107 Fea's Petrel Pterodroma feae Yes 0 0 108 Scopoli's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea Yes 0 0 109 Short-tailed Shearwater Ardenna tenuirostris Yes 0 0 110 Barolo Shearwater Puffinus baroli Yes 0 0 111 Bulwer's Petrel Bulweria bulwerii Yes 0 0 112 Black Stork Ciconia nigra Yes 0 0 113 White Stork Ciconia ciconia Yes 0 0 114 Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum Yes 12 37 115 Bittern Botaurus stellaris Yes 5 15 116 American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus Yes 0 0 117 Least Bittern Ixobrychus exilis Yes 0 0 118 Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus Yes 0 0 119 Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax 0 0 120 Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea Yes 0 0 121 Green Heron Butorides virescens Yes 0 0 122 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides Yes 5 15 123 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea Yes 4 12 124 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 11 34 125 Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus Yes 0 0 126 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos Yes 5 15 127 Eurasian Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 0 0 128 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 0 0 129 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus Yes 0 0 130 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla Yes 8 25 131 Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus Yes 0 0 132 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus Yes 0 0 133 Little Owl Athene noctua Yes 0 0 134 Scops Owl Otus scops Yes 0 0 135 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 10 31 136 Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus Yes 0 0 137 Tawny Owl Strix aluco Yes 0 0 138 Hoopoe Upupa epops 1 3 139 Roller Coracias garrulus Yes 0 0 140 Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon Yes 0 0 141 Bee-eater Merops apiaster Yes 0 0 142 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 0 0 143 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius Yes 0 0 144 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus Yes 0 0 145 Gyrfalcon Falco rusticolus Yes 0 0 146 Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum Yes 2 6 147 Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus Yes 0 0 148 Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus Yes 0 0 149 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 0 0 150 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor Yes 0 0 151 Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor Yes 0 0 152 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 2 6 153 Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus Yes 0 0 154 Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus Yes 0 0 155 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 4 12 156 Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum Yes 0 0 157 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris Yes 0 0 158 Eurasian Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus Yes 0 0 159 Woodlark Lullula arborea Yes 0 0 160 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris Yes 0 0 161 Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 0 0 162 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica Yes 0 0 163 Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota Yes 0 0 164 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 1 3 165 Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli Yes 0 0 166 Hume's Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus humei Yes 0 0 167 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus Yes 5 15 168 Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi Yes 1 3 169 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus Yes 0 0 170 Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus Yes 0 0 171 Two-barred Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus Yes 0 0 172 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides Yes 0 0 173 Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis Yes 4 12 174 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 0 0 175 Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola Yes 0 0 176 Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola Yes 0 0 177 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum Yes 3 9 178 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris Yes 0 0 179 Booted Warbler Iduna caligata Yes 0 0 180 Sykes's Warbler Iduna rama Yes 0 0 181 Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida Yes 14 43 182 Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta 0 0 183 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 0 0 184 Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes certhiola Yes 0 0 185 Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides Yes 0 0 186 Fan-tailed Warbler Cisticola juncidis Yes 0 0 187 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 1 3 188 Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala Yes 0 0 189 Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae Yes 1 3 190 Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans Yes 0 0 191 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata Yes 0 0 192 Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula Yes 0 0 193 Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis Yes 0 0 194 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus Yes 1 3 195 Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus Yes 0 0 196 Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus Yes 0 0 197 Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus Yes 0 0 198 Veery Catharus fuscescens Yes 0 0 199 White's Thrush Zoothera aurea Yes 0 0 200 Siberian Thrush Geokichla sibirica Yes 0 0 201 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 16 50 202 American Robin Turdus migratorius Yes 0 0 203 Rufous Bush Robin Cercotrichas galactotes Yes 0 0 204 Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia Yes 0 0 205 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos Yes 0 0 206 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica Yes 0 0 207 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 0 0 208 Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla Yes 0 0 209 Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis Yes 0 0 210 Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis Yes 0 0 211 Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus Yes 1 3 212 Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina Yes 10 31 213 Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti Yes 0 0 214 Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica Yes 0 0 215 Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka Yes 0 0 216 Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis Yes 0 0 217 Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola Yes 4 12 218 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 0 0 219 Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris Yes 0 0 220 Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni Yes 0 0 221 Pechora Pipit Anthus gustavi Yes 0 0 222 Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus Yes 0 0 223 Buff-bellied Pipit Anthus rubescens Yes 0 0 224 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes Yes 1 3 225 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 2 6 226 Common (Mealy) Redpoll Acanthis flammea 4 12 227 Arctic Redpoll Acanthis hornemanni Yes 2 6 228 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 3 9 229 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra Yes 1 3 230 Pine Bunting Emberiza leucocephalos Yes 0 0 231 Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana 0 0 232 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus Yes 0 0 233 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla Yes 0 0 234 Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica Yes 0 0 235 Yellow-breasted Bunting Emberiza aureola Yes 0 0 236 Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala Yes 0 0 237 Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca Yes 0 0 238 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis Yes 0 0 239 White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys Yes 0 0 240 White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis Yes 0 0 241 Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus Yes 0 0 242 Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula Yes 5 15 243 Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus Yes 0 0 244 Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla Yes 0 0 245 Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis Yes 0 0 246 Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera Yes 0 0 247 Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia Yes 0 0 248 Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina Yes 0 0 249 Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas Yes 0 0 250 American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla Yes 0 0 251 Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina Yes 0 0 252 Northern Parula Setophaga americana Yes 0 0 253 Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca Yes 0 0 254 Yellow Warbler Setophaga petechia Yes 0 0 255 Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata Yes 0 0 256 Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata Yes 4 12 257 Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis Yes 0 0 258 Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla Yes 0 0 259 Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea Yes 0 0 260 Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus Yes 0 0 261 Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea Yes 0 0